n 2012, Jeremy Lin led an unexpected winning streak by the New York Knicks, becoming the first Asian-American player to rise to prominence in the National Basketball Association. The writer Gish Jen published the following op-ed reflecting on the significance of Lin’s success. Read the passage carefully, then complete the following tasks:

Identify a claim made by Jen and explain the reasoning underlying this claim.
List at least two pieces of supporting evidence from the passage and briefly explain how they support the claim you have identified in (1).

from “Asian Men Can Jump” by Gish Jen © 2012 by New York Times.
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ogorwyne ogorwyne · Answer 1 · 2021-09-02T16:42:07+02:00

The claim that was made by Jen in this publication was that her brother was the fittest 58 year old.

Such a claim tries to say that her brother is incredibly fit for his age compared to other people who are in his age range.

The supports to these claims that she made are

An estimate of 35 years of age was provided by Jen as the biological age that Doctors have placed her brother to be.
Another evidence is that the brother is still fit and strong given that he is a mountain climber in the Himalayas

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